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azzageddi.myatproto.social
Medium Dave
@azzageddi.myatproto.social
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English professor in Fukuoka, Japan; research focus on utopias in literature with forays into science fiction, ecocriticism, & monster theory. Immigrant, grandad, LGBTQIA+(bi), intersectional equality for all. he/him
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ironspike.bsky.social
New from my distributor I foolishly read on this, my supposed week off.

@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social does a lot of library business. I'm dreading that January statement.

Gang, if you have ever wanted an Iron Circus title, now would be a wonderful time for you to grab one. 💀

store.ironcircus.com
Dear Publisher - We recently shared the news that Baker & Taylor was shutting down operations. When we learned they were financially unstable, Ingram took many steps to reduce credit exposure and stock levels, while continuing availability of books to library customers. Those steps were highly successful and the credit balance to the account was brought down significantly over time. At the time they shut down operations, their remaining stock on hand was minimal. Unfortunately, we have received notice that they will not pay the outstanding amounts they do owe and no further stock will be returned. Ingram is taking on the first $100,000, but the debt owed exceeds that amount. As a result, a chargeback for your pro rata share will be on your December statement (available the first week of January), per the terms of your contract.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
All of our new titles are up, along with a load of Lackadaisy books! Let's get that holiday shopping outta the way now, eh?
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A pony who is displaying anger towards me because I have had the temerity to suggest its love of being emo is "just a phase" rather than an authentic commitment for life.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Vaccines save lives.

And no, they do not cause autism.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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gdbee.bsky.social
Peace Lily
Side profile illo of a peace lily-themed nymph with one hand on her hip, and holding a leafy scimitar with her other hand. She has peace lilies intertwined with her jacket and curls. She has a magenta jacket and headphones. Drawn by gdbee in Nov 2025
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
If you’ve been enjoying watching me “well actually” @nameshiv.bsky.social on human’s ability to detect and protect ourselves from asteroids hitting earth here’s a fantastic thread from an actual scientist detailing every kind of size of asteroid and how we’re monitoring them!
asrivkin.bsky.social Andy Rivkin @asrivkin.bsky.social · 9h
OK, so. Below a certain size, the atmosphere takes care of the problem--objects below 10 meters in size, say, are going to give a great showy fireball but not do any damage on the ground unless you're really personally unlucky, like the teenager who owned this car.

meteoritecar.com
The Peekskill Meteorite Car Official Website
The official website of the Peekskill Meteorite Car, the most famous object to ever be struck by a meteorite.
meteoritecar.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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kyivindependent.com
⚡️ 'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal.

"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal
"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
kyivindependent.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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nataliehaynes.bsky.social
Ukrainian Stone Blind!!! So cool!

Published by Vivat, translated by Anna Sheket ✨

🐍 vivat.com.ua/product/slip...
Natalie Haynes, a white woman with dark hair wearing glasses, smiles holding a Ukrainian copy of her book Stone Blind
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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potatocubed.bsky.social
Only £580 left to fund this game!

I was going to do a thread on which Pokémon exemplify the various playbooks but I got stuck on the Faithful because Pokémon are beyond the light of God.
Gravity: A Roleplaying Game
A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.
www.kickstarter.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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lukesteuber.com
“Luke learns design” month, (cheat) day #21:

Star Trek 1971!

In 1971 a high school kid wrote a game on punch tape about hunting Klingons. In 1972 he rewrote it in HP BASIC, and it became briefly the most distributed software of all time. The code is still available.

So I ported it! Check it out!
Star Trek 1971 - Web Remake
Star Trek 1971 - web remake
dr.eamer.dev
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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sillysyntax.bsky.social
It's my birthday! I'm happy I get the chance to keep writing queer, gothic Trini-Canadian stories and be more feral. Thanks for keeping a lonely weirdo like me company. I hope you have a good day and that next year is safe for everyone, especially those facing persecution and genocide Much love! 🖤
A picture of me, a brown woman, In a black shirt with lace sleeves.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
When one of yall take folk hero as your background in character creation
#DndCatThoughts
A kitten saying I caught a fly today Dnd ttrpg pathfinder
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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atrupar.com
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?

MAMDANI: I've spoken about--

TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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sadvil.bsky.social
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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slartibartfast34.bsky.social
People come up to me all the time, big strong men with tears in their eyes, and they ask me, Sir, why can't the workers control the means of production?
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
azzageddi.myatproto.social
I got my shingles vax a couple years ago. Only recently found out that if I’d done it a year earlier it would have been much cheaper. In Japan, shingles vax is discounted at age 55, 60, 70, 75, etc. Only in those years, not other years. I have no idea why.
sailorrooscout.bsky.social Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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jongraywb.bsky.social
Pick your poison
Photo of me sitting on my back patio smiling. I am tossing up a peace sign and weaing a grey tee shirt Photo of me i. A suit in a classroom smiling. My fog Willow is looking over at me. She is in her service vest which says emotional support on the side. A student in the back is setting up a display Photo orf me in my car with my dog and I am smiling Photo of me in my apartment and I am smiling with my dog
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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jolantru.bsky.social
Always imagined a bigger publisher pick this up and do a reissue.

But a wolf can dream.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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obsofdeviance.bsky.social
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy

A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation

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Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
laist.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
azzageddi.myatproto.social
I’ve thought about this a lot. The enormous anti-immigrant hysteria EVERYWHERE is just “we know there’s going to be climate refugees like we’ve never seen before and we’ve decided the answer is genocide, so let’s get ready.” Racism, trans/homophobia, ableism too: anybody different.
davidrvetter.bsky.social Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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gregk.co.uk
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
And that's what these guys are, these guys that marched in Charlottesville, these are the people who are aware of the unspoken premise of this sort of zombie neoliberalism that we're living in, which is that we're coming to a point where there's gonna be ecological catastrophe, and that it's gonna require either massive redistribution of the ill-gotten gains of the first world, or genocide. And these are the first people who have basically said, "Well if that's the choice, then I choose genocide", ", and they're getting everyone else ready, intellectually and emotionally, for why that's gonna be okay when it happens, why they're not really people. When we're putting all this money into more fucking walls and drones and bombs and guns to keep them away, so that we can watch them die with clear consciences, it's because we've been loaded with the ideology that these guys are now starting to express publicly.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
azzageddi.myatproto.social
Shallower knowledge and more misinformation.
us.theconversation.com The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 1d
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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spindlypete.bsky.social
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
Fruity au-pair role in Caribbean Costa Rica Hello, we are looking for a special person to become a part of our family here in this magical jungle and fruity paradise. We are in the beginning phases of visioning and dreaming into existence a fruit-centred inter generational village. We have a 7 hectare piece of land, opposite a maturing and sometimes abundant 5 hectare fruit-forest, a short walk from a beautiful and swimmable river. We have great quality and alive drinking water. We are looking for an open, consistent, reliable and earthy someone to immerse themselves into our lives and support us with our 5 children (0,3,6,10&12 years old). We simultaneously run a retreat centre dedicated to fruit based healing and detoxification as a tools for inner and spiritual transformation. You would be housed on the retreat lands and have your own private room, a short walk from our family home, where we plant to be eating communally, fruits, raw vegan meals and simple cooked foods. We are looking for someone excited by and dedicated to accompanying children, as well as supporting us in our busy family life as we dream into manifestation a big vision together. We already have support with cleaning and house support, so we look for someone primarily to become a part of our family rhythm, play, homeschooling, gardening, bedtimes etc. accompanying children, as well as supporting us in our 2/2y family life as we dream into manifestation a big vision together. We already have support with cleaning and house support, so we look for someone primarily to become a part of our family rhythm, play, homeschooling, gardening, bedtimes etc. You should be comfortable with jungle living, resourceful, excited by community visioning and the prospect of being a part of this project, well educated and dedicated in fruit-based living. If desired, there are also opportunities to support and co-facilitate with our retreats. This is not a paid role, or a job advertisement. It's an invitation into something deeper, to become part of and co-create a wonderful vision, be in service to children, and immerse yourself into a beautiful fruity lifestyle, and being fully supported in transitioning to jungle life, and on your path of fruit-based living Message me directly or comment below
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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qwantz.com
man i HATE it when i respawn as a baby in the hospital at the very start of my life, and then some jabroni makes me die on the very first goomba

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Devil: MMM GREETINGS T-REX T-Rex: The Devil! Devil: INDEED Devil: AND I COME TO YOU WITH A PROPOSAL Devil: I BELIEVE WE SHOULD MAKE REAL LIFE MORE LIKE VIDEO GAMES T-Rex: Love it! I can't wait to eat a whole roast chicken that I find just sitting inside a wall, or in a trash can, and it restores my health. I say this with absolute sincerity: I truly look forward to all my health care needs being met by eating big ol' chickens. Utahraptor: Life's gonna be more like video games from now on? T-Rex: It sure will!! Utahraptor: Oh thank goodness. Thank goodness. I, in contrast, truly look forward to leaving my house on day and the sun coming alive and swooping down and trying to kill me. It was a perfect plot twist in Mario 3, and it will be a perfect plot twist in real life too. Utahraptor: Can't wait. Off panel: Plus, when we die, we'll get to play our whole lives over again! Only our younger siblings might be playing as us, because Mom says its their turn now. T-Rex: EUGH T-Rex: They're gonna screw EVERYTHING UP
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM